Elon Musk On The Biggest Week Of His Life

Source: Forbes

What does success sound like? Think 1,800 SpaceX employees chanting your name after your personal rocket docks with the International Space Station. “We love you, Elon!” a woman yelled over the din at SpaceX HQ. It had been an hour since ...
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Transit of Venus Starts on June 5, 2012

Source: SciTech Daily

Venus is set to pass across the face of the sun in just a few days, giving astronomers around the world a view of the 7-hour transit of Venus, something to that won’t be repeated again until 2117. On June 5th, 2012, Venu ...
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Wings over Waukesha Air Show to Celebrate Centennial of Flight in Waukesha County with Expanded Air Show and Activities for the Whole Family

Source: AirportBusiness.com

WAUKESHA, WI, USA (May 24, 2012) – Mark your calendar for the return of the Wings over Waukesha Air Show on August 25 and 26, 2012, at the Waukesha County Airport. This year’s air show will again feature top na ...
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To Dance on the Moon

Source: Neatorama

The Apollo program considered many spacesuit designs, including some covered in plates of hard plastic, before settling on one design. This video by SciFri cleverly edits videos of astronauts testing the range of motion in different hard suit de ...
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Ashes Of 'Star Trek' Actor On Private Rocket

Source: 10news.com San Diego

(CNN) -- In the end, it was Scotty who got beamed up. The ashes of late actor James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott in the original "Star Trek" television series and a series of subsequent film ...
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Former astronaut will lead 100-year starship effort

Source: SINA English

Star Trek's bold vision of the starship Enterprise manned by a diverse crew may no longer just be science fiction — especially with the first woman astronaut of color heading the real-life project. The U.S. military has chosen Ma ...
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Wyden calls for investigation into 'excessive' expenses by legal team for KBR

Source: Oregon Live

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is calling for the Department of Defense to investigate "excessive" expenses of the legal team of defense contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root, granted special indemnity for its contract in Iraq. W ...
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Goodnight Moon, Goodnight America

Source: The Daily Beast

Historically, manned space exploration hasn’t been just another government program. It was an expression of our technological prowess and our faith in the future. And through the moon landings, we achieved something that transcend ...
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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers

Source: MinnPost.com

If SpaceX's destination — the International Space Station in “ho hum” low-Earth orbit – is certain to be uninspiring to a new generation of would-be rocketeers, someone forgot to tell many of those rocketeers-in-training. The pr ...
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